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See also:ADAM See also:SKIRVING (1719-1803) , Scottish See also:song-writer, was See also:born in See also:Haddington in 1719 . He became a See also:farmer at Garleton, near Haddington, and died in See also:April 1803 . He was buried at Athelstaneford . His reputation rests on two Jacobite See also:ballads on the See also:battle of See also:Prestonpans, one of which, " Hey, Johnnie See also:Cope, are Ye Waking Yet ? " has a well-deserved See also:place in most collections of Scottish songs . |
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